Ingredients:
Fine grain rice- 2 cups
Beet root – 1 small
Carrots- 1 medium
Peas – 1 cup
cashews- half cup
Raisins- handful
Whole cinnamon stick- 1
Black cardamoms – 2
Green cardamons- 4
Cloves – 4
Teja Patra- 2
Oil
Ghee
Salt
Method:
Soak rice for 1 hour. Drain water completely and then dry rice by spreading flat on a newspaper.
Cut beet root, and carrots into small pieces.
Heat oil in a small cooking pot, fry raisins and cashews and take off. Then fry all the whole spices and take off.
Fry carrots, and then peas and finally beet root and take it off and set aside.
Now heat 1 table spoon of ghee in a pot, when hot, add Teja patra and dried rice.
Stir the rice well and cook evenly till it becomes crisp. Add exactly 4 cups of water and bring it to a boil.
Put the fried garam masala to the rice and cover lid. When rice is half done, stir in the vegetables and mix well. Add
salt accordingly. Take it off the stove when rice is cooked.
